🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- US President-elect Trump announced his intentions to end Gaza war as soon as possible in his first phone call with Palestinian Authority leader Abbas since 2017.

🇺🇸⚡- President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to sign an executive order to protect Free Speech on his Inauguration in a recent speech.

Part of the President-elect's plan includes revoking Section 230 protections from media companies which collude with federal agencies to suppress speech, such as using "misinformation" or "disinformation" disclaimers to falsify or distort news.

🇶🇦🇵🇸⚡- "Hamas has not received any messages about requests to leave Qatar. Hamas denies Qatar has asked the movement's leaders to leave Doha," - al-Arabiya, Saudi state-owned media.

🇸🇩🇹🇩⚡- The Foreign Ministry of Chad condemns the "outrageous and repeated accusations" of the Sudanese "military authorities who, without any evidence, claim Chad’s support for the Rapid Support Force".

🇺🇸🇸🇴⚡- US confirms the loss of a MQ-1C drone in Somalia. The US claims it had 'crashed' whereas al-Shabaab state they had shot down the UAV.

🇹🇷🇸🇦⚡- Turkish President Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday.

🇺🇳⚡- "The International Criminal Court's governing body in 'The Hague' has launched an external investigation into prosecutor Karim Khan on suspicion of sexual harassment," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "British and European troops to be deployed in 1,200km buffer zone along the front line between Ukraine and Russia: this is one version of Trump's peace plan," - The Telegraph, British media.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- "Terrorists in northern Mali have confirmed their cooperation with Ukraine, which is a cause for serious concern," - Mali's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- Terrorists, with the support of Ukraine and other countries, would like to change the regime in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso," - Abdoulaye Diop, Malian Foreign Minister.

🇪🇸🇲🇦🇮🇱⚡- Morocco allowed Maersk Denver to dock at its ports after Spain refused. Maersk Denver is carrying military cargo heading to Israel.

🇺🇸⚡- "US President-elect Trump has begun to influence international relations even before taking office," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪⚡- Joint US-UK airstrikes against Sana'a, Yemen - Ansarullah-controlled territory.

🇱🇧🇮🇱❗️ Israel Hayom, citing a political official: There is talk of a very good agreement for Israel that optimally meets its interests in Lebanon.

🇨🇴⚡️- Bomb attack in Jamundi, Colombia. 15 casualties are reported.

⚡️🇶🇦🇵🇸 - An official statement was issued by the Qatari Foreign Ministry denying the rumors regarding the closure of the Hamas office, as well as Qatar’s complete withdrawal from the mediation.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump’s campaign released an official statement today ruling out Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley as potential cabinet personnel.

🇨🇦🦠⚡️- Canada has reported the first human case of H5 bird flu. A teenager has been hospitalized.

🇺🇸⚡️- CNN has called Arizona for Trump, officially ending the 2024 United States presidential elections. Trump won all 7 swing states.

🇮🇹🇮🇱⚡️- Italy's largest air carrier, ITA, has cancelled all flights to and from Israel until January 12th, 2025.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- Turkish President Erdogan to discuss US troop withdrawal from northern Syria with US President-elect Trump.